Reading STEM 2022 - hosted by corvidaeus

A science book written from an underrepresented perspective
Any authors from groups that have historically been less well-represented in mainstream science - eg. women, people of colour, indigenous people, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, people from the Global South
All books added
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

449 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Astronomy: Sky Country by Krystal De Napoli, Karlie Noon

Astronomy: Sky Country

First Knowledges #4

Krystal De Napoli, Karlie Noon

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature philosophy science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plants: Past, Present and Future by Zena Cumpston, Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Lesley Head

Plants: Past, Present and Future

First Knowledges #5

Zena Cumpston, Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Lesley Head

224 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction nature reference challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World by Kathryn Aalto

Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World

Kathryn Aalto

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science informative medium-paced
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

396 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative medium-paced
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

290 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir science emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy

Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

Damon Tweedy

304 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced